The differential distribution of AMPA-receptor subunits in the tectofugal system of the pigeon

Brain Research

Volumn 785, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 114-128

  Theiss, Carsten ^a   Hellmann, Burkhard ^a   Güntürkün, Onur ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Birds; Dorso ventral gradient; Ectostriatum; Glutamate; Heterogeneity; Immunohistochemistry; Nucleus rotundus; Nucleus triangularis; Parvalbumin; Tectum

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; PARVALBUMIN; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PRETECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RECEPTOR BINDING; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURONS; OPTIC NERVE; RECEPTORS, AMPA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0032559666     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)01395-4     Document Type: Article

References (87)

1. D.W. Acheson, S.K. Kemplay, K.E. Webster, Quantitative analysis of optic terminal profile distribution within the pigeon optic tectum, Neuroscience 5 (1980) 1084-1967.
2. J.C. Adams, Heavy metal intensification of DAB-based HRP reaction product, J. Histochem. Cytochem. 29 (1981) 775.
3. P. Angaunt, J. Repérant, Fine structure of the optic fiber termination layers in the pigeon optic tectum: A Golgi and electron microscope study, Neuroscience 1 (1976) 93-105.
4. P.M. Beart, An evacuation of L-glutamate as the transmitter released from optic nerve terminals of the pigeon, Brain Res. 110 (1976) 99-104.
5. L.I. Benowitz, H.J. Karten, Organization of tectofugal visual pathway in pigeon: retrograde transport study, J. Comp. Neurol. 167 (1976) 503-520.
6. H.J. Bischof, J. Niemann, Contralateral projection of the optic tectum in the zebra finch (Taenopygia guttata castanotis), Cell Tissue Res. 262 (1990) 307-313.
7. S.C. Bondy, J.L. Purdy, Putative neurotransmitter of the avian visual pathway, Brain Res. 119 (1977) 417-426.
8. J. Boulter, M. Hollmann, A. O'Shea-Greenfield, Molecular cloning and functional expression of glutamate receptor subunit genes, Science 249 (1990) 1033-1037.
9. K. Braun, H. Scheich, M. Schachner, C.-W. Heizmann, Distribution of parvalbumin, cytochromoxidase activity and 14C-2-deoxyglucose uptake in the brain of the zebra finch: II. Visual system, Cell Tissue Res. 240 (1985) 117-127.
10. V. Canzek, M. Wolfensberger, U. Amsler, M. Cuénod, In vivo release of glutamate and aspartate following optic nerve stimulation, Nature 293 (1981) 572-574.
11. M.R. Celio, Parvalbumin in most gamma-aminobutyric acid-containing neurons in the rat cerebral cortex, Science 231 (1986) 995-997.
12. M.R. Celio, W. Baier, L. Scharer, P.A. de Viragh, C. Gerday, Monoclonal antibodies directed against the calcium binding protein parvalbumin, Cell Calcium 9 (1988) 81-86.
13. P.G. Clarke, M. Gyger, S. Catsicas, A centrifugally controlled circuit in the avian retina and its possible role in visual attention switching, Vis. Neurosci. 13 (1996) 1043-1048.
14. M. Cuénod, P. Streit, Amino acid transmitters and local circuitry in optic tectum, in: F.O. Schmitt, F.G. Worden (Eds.), The neurosciences fourth study program. MIT Press, Cambridge, 1979, pp. 989-1004.
15. J.D. Delius, E. Jahnke-Funk, A. Hawker, Stimulus display geometry and colour discrimination learning by pigeons, Curr. Psych. Res. 1 (1981) 203-214.
16. R. Dingledine, R.I. Hume, S. Heinemann, Structural determinants of barium permeation and rectification in non-NMDA glutamate receptor channels, J. Neurosci. 12 (1992) 4080-4087.
17. T.A. Duff, G. Scott, R. Mai, Regional differences in pigeon optic tract, chiasm, and retino-receptive layers of optic tectum, J. Comp. Neurol. 198 (1981) 231-247.
18. J.C. Dye, H.J. Karten, An in vitro study of retinotectal transmission in the chick: role of glutamate and GABA in evoked field potentials, Vis. Neurosci. 13 (1996) 747-758.
19. J. Engelage, H.J. Bischof, Enucleation enhances ipsilateral flash evoked responses in the ectostriatum of the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata castanotis Gould), Exp. Brain Res. 70 (1988) 79-89.
20. J. Engelage, H.J. Bischof, Flash evoked potentials in the ectostriatum of the zebra finch: a current source-density analysis, Exp. Brain Res. 70 (1989) 79-89.
21. G.E. Fagg, L-Glutamate, excitatory amino acid receptors and brain function, Trends Neurosci. 8 (1985) 207-210.
22. Y. Galifret, The various functional areas of the retina of pigeons, Z Zellforsch. Mikrosk. Anat. 86 (1968) 535-545.
23. P.D. Gamlin, A. Reiner, K.T. Keyser, N. Brecha, H.J. Karten, Projection of the nucleus pretectalis to a retinorecipient tectal layer in the pigeon (Columba livia), J. Comp. Neurol. 368 (1996) 424-438.
24. A.M. Granda, S. Yazulla, The spectral sensitivity of single units in the nucleus rotundus of pigeon, Columba livia, J. Gen. Physiol. 57 (1971) 363-384.
25. M.A. Goodale, J.A. Graves, Interocular transfer in the pigeon: retinal locus as a factor, Adv. in Anal, of Vis. Behav. Ingle. MIT Press, 1982.
26. O. Güntürkün, The functional organization of the avian visual system, in: R.J. Andrew (Ed.), Neural and Behavioural Plasticity: The use of the domestic chick as a model. Oxford Univ. Press, 1991, pp. 92-105.
27. O. Güntürkün, Vision, in: G.C. Whitlow (Ed.), Sturkie's Avian Physiology, Academic Press, Orlando, in press.
28. O. Güntürkün, G. Melsbach, W. Hörster, S. Daniel, Different sets of afferents are demonstrated by the two fluorescent tracers Fast Blue and Rhodamine, J. Neurosci. Meth. 49 (1993) 103-111.
29. U. Hahmann, Ph.D. thesis, Bochum, 1994.
30. F.A. Hamdi, D. Whitteridge, The representation of the retina on the optic tectum of the pigeon, Q. J. Exp. Psychol. 39 (1954) 111-119.
31. O. Hardy, N. Leresche, D. Jassik-Gerschenfeld, Morphology and laminar distribution of electrophysiologically identified cells in the pigeon's optic tectum: an intracellular study, J. Comp. Neurol. 233 (1985) 390-404.
32. B.P. Hayes, K.E. Webster, An electron microscope study of the retino-receptive layers of the pigeon optic tectum, J. Comp. Neurol. 162 (1975) 447-466.
33. B .P. Hayes, K.E. Webster, Cytoarchitectural fields and retinal termination: an axonal transport study of laminar organization in the avian optic tectum, Neuroscience 16 (1985) 641-657.
34. B. Hellmann, C. Waldmann, O. Güntürkün, Cytochrome oxidase activity reveals parcellations of the pigeon's ectostriatum, Neuroreport 6 (1995) 881-885.
35. H. Henke, T.M. Schenker, M. Cuénod, Uptake of neurotransmitter candidates by pigeon optic tectum, J. Neurochem. 26 (1976) 125-130.
36. H. Henke, T.M. Schenker, M. Cuénod, Effects of retinal ablation on uptake of glutamate, glycine, GABA, proline and choline in pigeon tectum, J. Neurochem. 26 (1976) 131-134.
37. M. Hollmann, S. Heinemann, Cloned glutamate receptors, Ann. Rev. Neurosci. 17 (1994) 31-108.
38. M. Hollmann, A. O'Shea-Greefield, S.W. Rogers, S. Heinemann, Cloning by functional expression of a member of the glutamate receptor family, Nature 342 (1989) 643-648.
39. S.P. Hunt, H. Künzle, Observations on the projections and intrinsic organization of the pigeon optic tectum: an autoradiographic study based on anterograde and retrograde, axonal and dendritic flow, J. Comp. Neurol. 170 (1976) 153-172.
40. H.J. Karten, W. Hodos, A stereotaxic atlas of the brain of the pigeon, Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Press, 1967.
41. H.J. Karten, W. Hodos, Telencephalic projections of the nucleus rotundus in the pigeon (Columba livia) , J. Comp. Neurol. 140 (1970) 35-52.
42. H.J. Karten, A.M. Revzin, The afferent connections of the nucleus rotundus in the pigeon, Brain Res. 2 (1966) 368-377.
43. H.J. Karten, T. Shimizu, The origins of neocortex: Connections and laminations as distinct events in evolution, J. Cog. Neurosci. 1 (1989) 291-301.
44. K. Keinänen, W. Wisden, B. Sommer, A family of AMPA-selective glutamate receptors, Science 249 (1990) 556-560.
45. W. Kuenzel, S. Blahser, Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP)-containing neurons: distribution throughout the brain of the chick (Gallus domesticus) with focus upon the lateral septal organ, Cell Tissue Res. 275 (1994) 91-107.
46. R.B. Langdon, J.A. Freeman, Antagonists of glutaminergic neurotransmission block retinotectal transmission in goldfish, Brain Res. 398 (1986) 169-174.
47. J. Letelier, Respuestas comáticas en el tectum óptico de la paloma. Tesis de Licenciatura, Fakultad de Ciencias, Universitad de Chile, Santiago, Chile, 1983.
48. H. Luksch, K. Cox, H.J. Karten, Morphology and connectivity of neurons in the chick tectofugal visual pathway: implications on function and evolution, Proc. 25th Göttingen Neurobiology Conference, Vol. 2, 1997, p. 534.
49. M. Martinez-de-la-Torre, S. Martinez, L. Puelles, Acetylcholinesterase-histochemical differential staining of subdivisions within the nucleus rotundus in the chick, Anat. Embryol. 181 (1990) 129-135.
50. J.H. Maxwell, A.M. Granda, Functional localisation in the nucleus rotundus, in: A.M. Granda, J.H. Maxwell (Eds.), Neural Mechanisms of Behavior in the Pigeon, Plenum, NY, 1979, pp. 165-175.
51. M.L. Mayer, G.L. Westbrook, Permeation and block of N-methyl-D-aspartic acid receptor channels by divalent cations in mouse cultured central neurons, J. Physiol. London 394 (1987) 501-527.
52. D. McCormick, Neurotransmitter actions in the thalamus and cerebral cortex and their role in neuromodulation of thalamo-cortical activity, Prog. Neurobiol. 39 (1992) 337-388.
53. D.T. Monaghan, R.J. Bridges, C.W. Cotman, The excitatory amino acid receptors: their classes, pharmacology, and distinct properties in the function of the central nervous system, Ann. Rev. Pharmacol. Toxicol. 29 (1989) 365-402.
54. C. Nitsch, P. Maly, D. Möri, A.L. Scotti, Evidence for the colocalisation of parvalbumin and glutamate, but not GABA, in the perforant path of the gerbil hippocampal formation: a combined immunocytochemical and microquantitative analysis, J. Neurochem. 62 (1994) 1276-1284.
55. B.E. Nixdorf, H.J. Bischof, Afferent connections of the ectostriatum and visual wulst in the zebrafinch (Taeniopygia guttata castanotis Gould) - an HRP study, Brain Res. 248 (1982) 9-17.
56. T.D. Ngo, A. Nemeth, T. Tömböl, Some data on GABA-ergic innervation of nucleus rotundus in chicks, J. Hirnfosch. 33 (1992) 335-355.
57. T.D. Ngo, D.C. Davies, G.Y. Egedi, T. Tömböl, A phaseolus lectin anterograde tracing study of the tectorotundal projections in the domestic chick, J. Anat. 184 (1994) 129-136.
58. H.P. Ottiger, A. Gerfin-Moser, F. Del Principe, F. Dutly, P. Streit, Molecular cloning and differential expression patterns of avian glutamate receptor mRNAs, J. Neurochem. 64 (1995) 2413-2426.
59. R.S. Pires, L.R.G. Britto, Distribution of AMPA-type glutamate receptor subunits in the chick visual system, Baz. J. Med. Biol. Res. 30 (1997) 73-77.
60. S. Ramon y Cajal, Histologie du Système Neveux de l'Homme et des Vertébrés, Vol. 2, Maloine, Paris, 1911.
61. M. Remy, J. Emmerton, Behavioral spectral sensitivities of different retinal areas in pigeons, Behav. Neurosci. 103 (1989) 170-177.
62. M. Remy, J. Emmerton, Directional dependence of intraocular transfer of stimulus detection in pigeons (Columba livia), Behav. Neurosci. 105 (1991) 647-652.
63. M. Remy, O. Güntürkün, Retinal afferents to the tectum opticum and the n. opticus principalis thalami in the pigeon, J. Comp. Neurol. 305 (1991) 57-70.
64. J. Repérant, P. Angaut, The retinotectal projections in the pigeon. An experimental optical and electron microscope study, Neuroscience 2 (1977) 119-140.
65. A.M. Revzin, Functional localisation in the nucleus rotundus, in: A.M. Granda, H.J. Maxwell (Eds.), Neural Mechanisms of Behavior in the Pigeon, Plenum, NY, 1979, pp. 165-175.
66. F. Ris, Über den Bau des Lobus opticus der Vögel, Arch. Mikros. Anat. Entwicklgsg. 53 (1899) 106-130.
67. W.A. Roberts, S.A. Eaton, T.E. Salt, Excitatory amino acid receptors mediate synaptic responses to visual stimuli in superior colliculus neurons of the rat, Neurosci. Lett. 129 (1991) 161-164.
68. W.A. Roberts, M.T. Phelps, T. Macuda, D.R. Brodbeck, T. Russ, Intraocular transfer and simultaneous processing of stimuli presented in different visual fields of the pigeon, Behav. Neurosci. 110 (1996) 290-299.
69. H.R. Rodman, H.J. Karten, Laminar distribution and sources of catecholaminergic input to the optic tectum of the pigeon (Columba livia), J. Comp. Neuro. 359 (1995) 424-442.
70. T. Sakurai, T. Miyamoto, Y. Okada, Reduction of glutamate content in rat superior colliculus after retino-tectal denervation, Neurosci. Lett. 109 (1990) 299-303.
71. T. Sakurai, Y. Okada, Selective reduction of glutamate in rat superior colliculus and dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus after contralateral enucleation, Brain Res. 573 (1992) 197-203.
72. M.E. Schneider, A.S. Niedzielski, R.J. Wenthold, AMPA receptors from the chick brain, Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 18 (1992) 259.
73. M.E. Schneider, AMPA receptors from the chick cochlear ganglion, A.R.O. Abstr. 17 (1994) 139.
74. S.Y. Shu, The glucose oxidase - DAB - nickel method in peroxidase histochemistry of the nervous system, Neurosci. Lett. 85 (1988) 169-171.
75. F. Sladeczek, J.P. Pin, M. Recasens, J. Bockaert, S. Weiss, Glutamate stimulates inositol phosphate formation in striatal neurons, Nature 317 (1985) 717-719.
76. H. Sugiyama, I. Ito, C. Hirono, A new type of glutamate receptor linked to inositol phospholipid metabolism, Nature 325 (1987) 531-533.
77. R. Tinner, M. Oertle, C.W. Heizmann, H.R. Bosshard, Calcium-binding site of carp parvalbumin recognized by monoclonal antibody, Cell Calcium 11 (1990) 19-23.
78. T. Tömböl, Z. Magloczky, M.G. Stewart, A. Csillag, The structure of chicken ectostriatum: I. Golgi study, J. Hirnforsch. 29 (1988) 525-546.
79. T. Tömböl, T.D. Ngo, G. Egedy, EM and EM golgi study on structure of nucleus rotundus in chicks, J. Hirnforsch. 33 (1992) 215-234.
80. P. Vanderklish, R. Neve, B.A. Bahr, A. Arai, M. Hennegriff, J. Larson, G. Lynch, Translational suppression of a glutamate receptor subunit impairs long-term potentiation, Synapse 12 (1992) 333-337.
81. J.T. Wall, C.M. Gibbs, J.L. Broyles, D.H. Cohen, Modification of neuronal discharge along the ascending tectofugal pathway during visual conditioning, Brain Res. 342 (1985) 67-76.
82. Y. Wang, S. Jiang, B.J. Frost, Visual processing in pigeon nucleus rotundus: luminance, colour, motion, and looming subdivisions, Vis. Neurosci. 10 (1993) 21-30.
83. M. Watanabe, H. Ito, M. Ikushima, Cytoarchitecture and ultrastructure of the avian ectostriatum: afferent terminals from the dorsal telencephalon and some nuclei in the thalamus, J. Comp. Neurol. 236 (1985) 241-257.
84. J.C. Watkins, R.H. Evans, Excitatory amino acid transmitters, Ann. Rev. Pharmacol. 21 (1981) 165-204.
85. J.M. Wild, Vestibular projections to the thalamus of the pigeon: an anatomical study, J. Comp. Neurol. 271 (1988) 451-460.
86. M. Wong-Riley, Changes in the visual system of monocularly sutured or enucleated cats demonstrable with cytochrome oxidase histochemistry, Brain Res. 171 (1979) 11-28.
87. W. Woodson, T. Shimizu, J.M. Wild, J. Schimke, K. Cox, H.J. Karten, Centrifugal projections upon the retina: an anterograde tracing study in the pigeon (Columba livia), J. Comp. Neurol. 362 (1995) 489-509.